Broom holder



Nov. 25, 1930. w. F. HACKING BROOM HOLDER Filed March 31, 1930 fthereon: it v V; v The primary object ofmy invention is to i provide a support of this general character Patented Nov( 25, 1930 A LC J11 i w nnriiivr r. iIAoKIne, or BURLEY, IDAHO Beam HOLDER.

, A lication filed ti e ai, 1930, Serial No. 440 171 porting devicesor fixtures adapted tofheattacli'edto a wall'for the purpose of support-f "and {brushes infixedposition:

- otherwiseattached a casing 311 U-shaped in ing brooms with'which the outer end or upper part. of the "handle of-thebroom or similar household arl0 ticle is engaged, whereby theoperation of placing such article in engagement with the supportand disengaging it therefrom can be I easily and quickly accomplished withoutreversing said articleas required with devices adapted to receivethe head of thebrush or broom. f Y A further objectoffmy invention is to prov id a supporting device forhousehold articles, havinga 'stick'or 'long handle, which is comparatively small in size, can be cheaply manufactured and sold, and when attached to j the Wall will be unobtrusive neat appearance.

.ing opposing clamping members "between which the stick or longhandleof the broom is,

held and from whichthebroomis suspended,

said clamping members, being preferably in the form of bowed steel springs enclosed in an open ended casing through which the up-Qf per or outer end of the stick is passed; all as hereinafter fully described and morespecift Cally set forth in the appended claims.

In the drawings V Figure ,1 is an elevation illustrating the application of my invention in supporting a broom. i I Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail View of'the I 0 support, the casing and spring clamping members being shown in section.

Fig. 3 is a Vertical sectional view through" p V p H g p screwsfandias ill 1610381119 ].nl70f"WhlCl1l3hG the center of the support;

Fig. e'is a similar View, including a slight modification hereinafter referred to, and

Like numerals of reference indicate like 11 parts in the several viewsof the drawings.

inventi0n is an'f improvement in supand present a I, the outer ends of said engaging portions. or With these principalobjects in view my invention consists of a support or fixture havdevice for the household article, asbroom rectangularin shape, to which is solderedbr 1212 are secured tothe inner side of the side walls of the casing, as by=rivets 13 -13, and project"towardseach'other to provide opposing jaws 145M between which the stick .is gripped. The clamping members are spring actuated to press the jaws against opposite sides of the stickiand iri'the present instance said clamping-members are in the form of bowed springsor steelplates with that portion of each awfwhicli engages. the stickfstraight for a portion of itsflength,

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{Iflliviltll the fixture, y l'ia ping members extendupwardly from the in carrying out my invention the support ismade up of a wall-plate 10 preferably 1 and upwardly the sidesofjthe casing or the. direction in wh ch the broom ha i so sides of thecasingthe portionsthereof intermediate theiittached ends and aws form guides for clirecting.the end. of the stickhandle jtlijellspace between the jaws, and? it will be understood that the spring clampmembers are made of spring ste'elplates of afgauge to insure, suflicient pressure for supporting the broom H r'oth rficle to pp r ed y the fixture. i

.The wall plate 10carryingftherasing is proyided wi h holes" .115. Far} the attaching end-of the stick handle is introduced is somewhat contracted, beingonly slightly wider Ecasingis bulged. eutwsielyet 16; toincre'ase the size of the entrance opening. The attaching plate 10 may be provided with two screws only, if desired, in which instance said screw holes would be located at the center of the upper and lower ends of said attaching plate.

Although spring clamping members having jaws with plain engaging faces may serve to support the article suspended from the fixture I may in some instances provide the jaws with engaging faces in the form of suitably attached pieces 17 4:) of leather or other material that will present a better gripping surface, or when plain gripping jaws are employed they may be slightly curved transversely as shown at 18 in Fig. 5 to correspond approximately with the curvature of the stick handle so as to increase the area of engagement between the jaws and stick-handle, and of course other modifications may be resorted to within the scope of my invention and claims. It will be further understood that although I have shown and described my improved supporting device or fixture as shaped adapted for the purpose of supporting a broom in suspended position it may be used also for other household articles which are provided with a stick handle, as for instance a brush, mop, etc.

In using my improved form of supporting fixture it is attached to a wall, partition, or other supportagainst which the broom or other household article is to be kept, and

in placing the article in engagement with thesupport it is only necessary to insert the end of the stick-handle into the casing 11 from the lower end thereof so that said handle will be engaged between the jaws 14E of the spring clamping members 12 and suspended therefrom with the straws forming the head of the broom or the bristles of a brush out of contact with the floor, it being well known that when a broom is supported in contact with the floor it tends to break or otherwise port, a casing attached to said wall plate and open at its upper and lower ends, and clamping members in the form of spring steel plates attached at their lower ends to the side walls of the casing and curved inwardly and upwardly therefrom, the upper ends of said spring members providing jaws between which the stick-handle of the broom is engaged and gripped for suspending the broom from the supporting device.

3. A broom holder comprising a wall plate for attaching the device to a wall or other support, a casing attached to said wall plate and open at its upper and lower ends, and clamping members in the form of spring steel plates attached at their lower ends to the side walls of the casing and curved inwardly and upwardly therefrom, said plates terminating in jaws curved transversely towards each other to correspond approximately with the curvature of the stick-handleengaged and gripped thereby.

4. A broom handle comprisinga wall plate for attaching the device to a wall or other support, a U-shaped casing attached to said wall plate and bulged outwardly at the lower end of the front thereof to increase the entrance opening into the casing, and spring plates attached to the lower ends of theside walls of the casing from which they extend inwardly and upwardly terminating in clamping jaws between which the stick-handle of the broom is gripped.-

vWILLIAM F. HACKING.

injure the straws, and the same is true with brush in a proper manner, but also provides an arrangement by which the stickhandle may be readily engaged and disengaged in suspending the article and removing it, and when the broomisremoved it is in position .to be used, that is to say, instoring the broom and removing itfor use the head is downward .or in normal position.

I claim i 1. A broom holder comprisingawall plate for attachingthe device to a wall orother support, a casing attached to said wall plate and open at its upper and lower ends, and opposing spring clampingmembers mounted within the casing to engage and grip the handle of .the broom between them. a

2; A broom holder comprising a wall plate forattaching the deviceto a wall or other sup- 

